The Sun. — London, England, 1809-07-13 00:00:00

ICTAVAL NEWS. YARMOUTH, JULY t t.`—Arrived a French priva- teer, of four guns, cut out of the Erns by the boats of the Censor gun-brig. She had made only one cruize, in which she took a brig. The crew (about 20 men) deserted from her. Arrived his Majesty's gun-brig Vixen, remain ing in the Roads with the Roebuck Acute, • and Havoc. . PLYMOUTH, JULY 1 t.—Arrived the Harlequin, from a cruise; the Jupiter, JONES, from London ; the Diana, Jorms, from Westport, laden with pro vision;, for this Port; the Hero, PATTERSON, from Quebec, bound to this Port, laden with timber, masts, &c. His Majesty's ship Russell, of 74 guns, has cap , iured in the East. Indies, .the Bellone French priva teer, who vainly attempted to engage the Russell; s t he has been a very successful 'cruizer in the Indian seas. Sailed ttie Orestes sloop of war, on a cruize to the westward. Went up the harbour to be repaired his Majesty's ship Circe. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 12.—Arrived the 4EZive, LAMI; Betsey,• PARK; Three Sisters, HicKs, from Sunderland; also the Supply, MOCKFORV, from Wateribrd. Sailed the Indignant, Vesuvius, revastation, Des perate, and Hussar for the Downs, with a convoy of transports of about 30 sail. Sailed 'also the Thomas and Judith, POUNDS ; tiLltl Providence, SMITH, for London. DEAL, JULY 12.—.-Arrived his Majesty's ship Ve nerable, from Portsmouth. Sailed his Majesty's ships Centaur apd Superb on a cruize off Flushing. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET lULY MEETING, 1809. AZDNESDAY. Mr. Vansittirt's Currycomb, bst, rolb. beat D. of Graf ton's Doleful. 7bt. Ab. Al. wogs. h. it.-3 to tun Curry comb. Mr. Vansittart's Currycomb, Sst. tolb. beat Ld Lowther's Yellow Hammer, list. sin. First hall of Ab. M. zoQgs. h. *t.--t ttoB un urry colub. The July Oatlands of sogs. each, h. ft, 7 -Across the Flat. Mr. Wilson's Miss buploa r yrs. old. Bbt. 21b. - - t Lord lianyrnore's Anglolnn, 3 yrs. old, bst 31b. .. 2 Lord F. Ci Usbornc's Poppy, 3 y rs. old, Est. 81b. - 3 Duke of Rutfand's Ned. 4 yrs. uld,' Sat. . - 4 Lurd Lowt PeLise i dgeU, 41b. 5 C. BrOWlle'S oetvil,e, 6 yrs. old, SSt. 71b.. Mr. Trevanion's Stripling, 5 yrs. old, tist. 71b. - pd Lord Grosvetior's l'uLk, 3 yrs old, 7st. - - 540 2 Ae r it to t agst Poppy. • fifty Pounds for r. °las carrying Est. 91b.-4-yr. olds Bst. s-yr. olds Bse. Sib. -O•yr. old hst. 121D.--111(1,aged 9st. 0: I. Lord lersey's bh. Langton, aged - - Duke of liratton's b. m Vanity, 6 yrs. old - \Lord Osburnes en. In. Nurall, 6 yrs. old, Major 4Viison's cii. in. uniper, 4 yrs. old - 7t04 on Langton-2 to I agst Vanity. D. of Rlitiana s Saivatur, Sat. b l b.agst Sir C. Turner's ' Clitoris, 6st. zlb. East halt of Ab. NI.. Zoogs. 11. ft. Ott by eJasent. Mr. Payne's c. by Waxy, out of Tarantula, rec. ft. from Ld H. G. Osoorne's b. c. (dead) by Shuttle, out of Drowsy, 21. b. each. Two-yr old Course, wogs. h. ft. Mr. Thornhill's Ralphina, ast t ilb. rec. ft. from General Crosvenor's Woodwell-bead, 7st. 810. New July Course, longs It. Ld, jersey's Langton, 85t. , 131b. ret. ft. from Gen. Grosve nor'sWoodwell-hcad, 7L-1. ilb. R. M. wogs. . 1 . • 2 - 3 - dr Yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, the Purser of the ship Sit Stephen Luihington, arrived at the East India House front Portsmouth, and left the follow ing ships off the Isle of Wight, steering for the Downs, viz. William Pitt, Hugh Inglis, Earl St. Vincent, Harriet, Sir William Bens ley, Sovereign, Huddart, Indus, Northum berland, Euphrates, and Lord Eldon. The Sir Stephen Lushington sailed from Madras on the tst of Mardi, arrived at St. Helena on the 3d of May, found there the abode-mentioned ships, .under convoy of his Majesty's ship Culloden, and the Terpsichore frigate, frptn whence they sailed on 'the loth of May. - The Calcutta, Bengal, Lady Jane Dundas, and Jane Duchess of Gordon, parted wilh the above fleet off . the Mauritius in a severe gale on the 14th of, March. The Cujinels, outward-bound, arrived at St. He*pa on the sth of May, with his :I , lajeity's ship Wassail. • • Lady Castlereagh, outward-bound, al-lived at St. Helena on the sth of May. • The Sir Stephen Lushington left .at Madras the Ocean; Union, Tottenham, and General Stuart. The Asia and Walthamstow had sailed from Ma dras for Ceylon the 11th of February.' ' The ships from Bengal sailed from thence about -.the 6th of February. Three French french frigates, and two brigs were cruizing off Pulo Auroe, the 21 at January. • The Sir 'Stephen Lushington arrived at Madras the 13th of Feb. and was dispatched for England as a packet on the Ist of March. SUICIDE.---A Gentleman of the name of Forten, a man of considerable property, put an end ,to •his existence in the Park, yesterday morning, by Charging a pistol at his head. The commission of the fatal a& was observed by a couple of porters to a Chinaman, in Oxford-street ; but on going to the unfortunate man , there was no sign of life. The deceased was nearly 60 years of age, and laboured under a malady which deranged his intelle&s at times. He lodged in Duke -street, Oxford-street. He had risen and gone out earlier than usual yester day, • Tuesday morning, Holloway, clerk of St. I,lv/fence Church, Cateatoti-strowt, was discover ed in the church hanging to the bannisters lead ing to the gallery, and quite dead. The deceased was between sixty and seventy years of age, and ad bten clerk of the above parish nearly forty years. SP.INISII PAPERS The Governor of Lerida has sent to his Excel lency Don AntoniO Camel, the following dispatch " After the French Generals Count. Gerran and Martier had arrived with their divisions on the cult fines of this important district,l endeavoured to draw the attention of the enemy, according to the instruc tions I had received from Gen. Blake, towards the banks of the Cinca, observing with the greatest vigi lance, at the same time, his intentions and move mentsi and availing myself for these pUrposes of the troops to be employed as the garrison of this place. The enemy was then occupied with the city of Barbastro, and various parishes in its neighbourhood, as also some .others on the right there of the Cinca. On the left he pOssessed Monion,, and the castle belonging to it, from %hence he was enabled to mo lest, with every species of military oppression, the neighbourhood, requiring from its distressed inha bitants, provisions and,other contributions. " The town of Albelda having Tensed to surren der, the enemy determined to make an , example of it, and, for this purpose, he advanced with 1400 men. This purpose he was obliged disgracefully to abandon, he being defeated at Tamarite by the troop's posted there under my orders, consisting of about 700 men, commanded in person by ColOels Perena and Baget, and by some Arragottese and Ca talonian riflemen. The greater part of the French withdrew to Barbastro, teal, mg about 200 in Mon zon. The natives of thetown, irritated by the yoke imposed upon thew, after some days Of sutreriog, rose upon the French in Monzori, and with only sticks and knives and 70 muskets, they killed twelve of them in the streets, while the rest fled towards Barbastro. " The enemy, anxious to avenge himself for thin injury, proceeded on the right bank of the Cinca to Pomar, and on . the 16th curt. in greater numbers, they passed the ford, resolved to carry all before them by fire and sword. Supported by a competent proportion of cavalry they.commenced the attack in the town of Mono°, where Colonel Perena, with his reduCed battalion, and a third part of the garrison of the city, was posted. With this small force,, by a continued and well directed fire, he not only -re strained the impetuosity of the trench, bui he drove them from Pueyor, of which they possessed them selves. The following day, with a stronger force, they renewed the .attack upon MOIiZOD, and pene trated even to the streets of the town ; but Colonel Perena was by this time supported by the troops under Colonel Bagel, which flew to his assistance from Fonz, and the result was, that the enemy in gloriously retired with great loss to .Pueyo. Of, all these transactions, punatual and frequent intorma lion is given to me, and, in consequence .ot such 'communications, I gave the suitable orders, endea vodring to give spirit to she operations, and sending to the points of attack ammunition, and other ueces sary supplies. • " Mortified by these defeats, the enemy brought to his assistance the . 2000 men which remained in Barbosa°, who, fuil of , self sufficiency, hastened to incorporate themselves with their fellows, jointly to attaci4pur brave troops with this superiority of numbers. Fortunately. the Cinca had risen, I.vhiclt they were obliged to ford, and not withstanding their increased strength, they- could not accomplish the paSsage of the river to unite with their companions.. The event was, that those who were on the left bank, intimidated by this unexpected accident,, took flight to Albalate, intending to retreat by tine bridge, of Fraga. I foresaw their design, and arranged mea sures accordingly to frustrate their purpose; I or dered 50Q men to be drawn from the garrison of this place, and sent with them the grenadiers of the regiment. of Granada infantry, with the viewsihat they should occupy this bridge, and, .1f necessary, break it' down. This order was properly obeyed. '" I gave notice of this . .proceeding to Colipels Baget and Perena, diretting them to pursue the fu gitives, which were in number. about 1000,, with 40 cavalry. Thus pressed on all sides, the .enemy 'fell back upon Vinefar and. San Esteban .towards Fonz and Estedilla to save themselves repassing the Cinca among the mountains situated at - the' con- finence of the Esera, and thus arrived in the vi cinity of .Estada, galled at. every step by our aCtive warriors. " It would detain your Excellency too long if I were to notice all the circumstances under whiclrour officers, subalterns, and peasants, have distinguished themselves. The latter flocked from all the neigh bouring districts to participate in these glorious ac-' tions. It wily be enough to tell, you the lay re sults of these laboiious but honourable days, princi pally the 16th, I /ill, and 2tst instant. More than 600 soldiers, and a considerable number of officers, are prisoners. The Commander, a principal officer of the Legion of Honour, was ducked in the torrent. of the Citida ; many others fell in the field of battle. and many were wounded and drowned, in 'the same river : in short, 1300 of the best `French troops are annihilated in these conflicts, so honourable to ou'r arms, and so disgraceful- and destrudive to the ..enemy. "The gGOO men which remained on the rlgbt" bank of the Cinea, returned to Barbastru on the morning of the 2 I st, and, full of shame and terror,. withdrew to Pina. " I have progressively imparted these transactions to the General in Chief, but their acknowledged importance, the general enthuaiasm displayed by the loyal Arragonese, the revived courage of these op pressed districts, and the advantage which may be made of their patriotism, assisted by the natural ad vantages possessed by their mountains by• the Riba Gorza, and by the territory•of Barbastro; all these circumstances, I say, have induced me to commu nicate direCtly to your Excellency, the honour of whose approbation I hope to deserYe. At the same time I entreat that you will have the goodness to . communicate the whole particulars to his Majesty, should your Excellency think it expedient to, do so. God preserve you, tizc. (Signed) " JOSEPH CASIMIR° DE LAVALLE." Lerida, May 22, 1809. The Captain-General of Arragon has sent the fol lowing dispatch, under date of the 20th of May : " I hate already informed your Excellency, that, in order to oppose the French troops which occupied, Alcaniz and its neighbourhood, and to proted A part of 'the provinces of Catalonia and Valencia where tl ey unite with Arragon, some force was posted at Niovella, so as to form a line with the banks of the Algal. - The dutyOf this detachment was to protea the defiles through which the French might threaten 'Tortosa, or to obstruet the conamunicaiion between this place arid Mequinenz, The troops of Alovella defended one of the principal roads leading to Va lencia. The Supreme Junta having authorised me‘ to undertake the dislodgment of the division of the enemy which occupied these territories,4 afterwaids endeavoured to unite these troops; "and having join ed, I reinforced with others which I drew , from the . 1 garrison of Tortosa. Lieutenants General the Map quis of Lazan. led to the point of rendezvous tWe , forces - of the Algas, and Field-Marshal Don Pedro Roca,' those under his orders in Newrella. The army of the enemy consisted of a division of the '3d I corpS, which is that which occupies Arragon, and is commanded by General Junot. This division, when it commenced the,siege of Saragossa, consisted of from ten to twelve thousand men, of eight hundrd to one thou&and horse ; but according to the best accounts 'I could procure, it waa reduced afterwards to six or seven thousand men, and five hundred or five hundred and fifty horse, and is now under General Lasalle. • This Commander had his head-quarters in Al caniz, where he usually retained his main body, but making occasional sallies and sending large .detach ments to harass us, who were frequently apProach ing him' to observe and to destroy the Freoch out posts. By accident, Lavalle was making an excur sion of the kind alluded to, with two orthree thou sand men; occupying the town of Beceyte, on the, same day that the Marquis de Lazan purposed hini= - Self to arrive.there with his troops. :Altlibugh this, Gen,-ral, conformably with my instructions, was to avoid every conflia with the enemy until his junc tion with our other forces, he felt ,confidently that he ought not to allow the enemy, in such citcurn stances, to retire unpunished, and he ordered - some light troops to occupy some advantageous positions to annoy Lasalle, who was misguided by his own presumption. In the result, , when he retreated to Alcaniz; ' he was under the necessity of passing through the fire of our posts, and he shamefully fled with the loss of 80 or 100 men at least, in killed ' and wounded ; among the ,former of which was a Lieutenant-Colonel of a Polish Regiment; whereas we had:ooly two killed and three or four wounded.' " On the following day, which was the 17th, the Marquis continued to advance, and the junction was , effeCted at Monroyo, notwithstanding the great dif ficulties in the - conveyance of the artillery over the rocks that intervene between Tortosa and Mo- Tells, and even front Morella onwards. On the 18th we proceeded to the hermitage of Fornoles; and 'from thence to Alcaniz, distant about five hours and a half, ,undertaking during the darkness of the night 'our march for the immediate attaCk.• The vanguard, 'commanded. try Lieu teuant-Colotiel Don Pedro Trex ada, endeavoured if passible - to - interpose between Alcaniz and Val de 'A gorta. The usual position of the advanced d ut. the, enemy, and abe.distriCts of Castelseras ati t Torreeillo were occupied by two ' columns _ter the command of 'Colonel Martin Gonzalez 'de Mencilacaand Don Joseph Cucalo, Coin,eander of the Battalion called the Reserve of Arragon. The rest of the small army, viz. three columns of infantry, under Colonels D. hatizon Petez, and D. Luis Anariani, and Lieutenant-Col. D. IVlaneel Carhoiz ;. the cavalry, under. Brigadier- General D. Miguel Iharrola; and the train of artil lery, under Commandant-General D. Martin Garcia Loigorri, proceeded by the only path that leads from Morella to",Alcaniz. 'As soon as , we arrived in sight of Val de Al 7 gorfa, I instructed Carboiz to send forward a consi derable number of 'small parties, suppoLting them with the rest of 'his. column. Observing that the enemy proceeded. towards it by,some mud .walls and rocky eminences at the entrance of the place, and that be could only be dislodged with loas - , especially as he was defended by a parapet, which he had sur rounded 'by a ditch, with the view of waiting there for reinforcements; I directed that two cannons out of fourshould play open him to obstruet his purpose. In the event, atter tour or five discharges, the five or. six hundred French began to retreat by the way of Aleaniz, but not without 'being , rapidly pursued by .our small parties. They had not fled half a league, when falling in with Trexada, they were complete ly disperied. distributing themselves in narrow and obscure tracks, and were prevented ,from accom plishing their object of uniting with the division at. Alcaniz. `,‘ The columns of Menchaca and Cucala intend:- ed to support the attack on the left, approaching the van-guard at this moment, the enemy deter Mined precipitately to retreat by the way of Samper, hastily leaving behind him the rest of •our troops, which were advancing with extraordinary zeal to participate. in the action ; but the only consolation they had was the discovery of the track to be pursued, by the car cases of men and horses, by the stains of blood on the earl li, and the like desolations of the course of the flight of the enemy. The loss of the latter must hive been cOnsiderable, bui our own consists only of -six or eight killed or wounded. , We_ could not make more than ten or twehe pr.tuncrs, lan account of the velocity with which the French took to their heels. " r cannot justly describe to, your Excellency the spirit of our larave troops, or the admirable order with. which they proceeded under the able command of their respeetlye Chiefs and ,Otficers, to which my two subordioate Generals, the Marquis of Lazan and D. Pedro Roca, essentially contributed. I onglit' to mention with particblar distinttion those Officers and troops of the columns which joined in .the ac tion, and - their several Commanders, D. Martini - 21e Menchaca, D. Joseph Cucalo, D. Manuel CAoiz, and D. Pedro Trexada. It was impossible tiwithess without extreme sensibility a numerous people ria ing, from beneath the yoke of oppression, and re ceiving their deliverers with expressions of the most ardent gratitude. If it were possible that the Tyrant of the World could have seen the effusion of heart felt joy, and could have heard the continual excla matioos—‘ May Spain flourish—May Ferdinand VII. live fur 'ever—May our .sacred Religion be preserved !' he would have been fully undeceived as to the possibility of his brother acquiring in any part of Span), I will not say the affections, but-the obe dience of her natives. " We are lulu' rued, that yesterday evening late, Lavalle arrived at Ifijar with his division, cannoning his troops in that district, in Sainper, and in the ad jacent territory, and that the, two detachments of 606 and 200 men evacuated Caspe. and Catania with great recipitaiion. - . " I give your ,Exe.ellehey ioformatioU of t.!)?.. events, that you may subinit it to the notice 'of hi Majesty. (Signed) JOACMI:q " To Senor D, -- Actoni)A.7ornel " • • From the same General, on the 21st of May, WI, sent the following dispatt:' " The 'details from the of Merline:l, , ,,, ,with respe& to the burning of the flying brid the Ebro, were delayed some days, and at the too ment when I received them, I was proceedi,l; to en= gage in the expedition I mentioned, and I !lett.- fore had not time to prepare t hem for the of your Excellency. Separating ;ill supfriiu,Kt-. n, ter from these details, the affair -was concis4, as .follows :—A detachment of 300 men tin , t-1. the ders of D. Augustin •De Roda, proc ee d e d t o t h e neighbourhood of Alborge, 'Where the Inidg,- extended, consisting of• a species of pont-0 11,.• launches, competent to convey over some hundreds with their anus and equipments, much-like that which the enemy had cqustt'ueted oppo,ite toe Fpe,. Some combustible muter .was prepared, and then floated to the works,. in consequence of which the bridge was destroyed. The guard, of the liking bridge consisted of about 31) men, besides t ? toners. The whole. party was surprised, and f lieve that not one escaped, as our traps, mad,- prisOcters, ten - of them were wounded . and t.,,,eke or thirteen were killed. The promptitude, secre;:yi and good order with which this operation was CM, duCted,: WifhOut the assistance of any ortire neigfi% bouring detachments, is very meritorious.' • • (Signed) JOACFIt M BLAKE."' " To Senor D. Antvnio'Cornel." The General of the Army of La Carolina, by Marshal de Camp Don PedroGormare,4t, hag sent the following dispatch, dated the 24-th'nty r Without admitting ,any unnece3 s ary d e la y, I transmit to the hands of your Excellency the which; at nine o'clock this night, I received from Brigadier-General Don- Diego Badesteros, Colonel of the Regiment of Dragoons of Granada, and Com mander of my van-guard in the action in the neigh bourhood of Alcabillas, under the orders of the Capl tali) of the Regiment IX Nugiul Roz,:tles, on the 22d of the present month. The cotarageand enthu siasm of the Spanish trdops ought at all times to be conspicuoue, but especially` when. they - fight for their , highest and most sacred interest, and. for the restoration to his lawful throne of a Sovereign who deserves the most ardent affe6tion of all the people of Spain and the Indies, Our oppressed Ferdinand the Vllth. • , This action has had the beneficial effed of disap pointing the well-known intentions of the enerey, mid of causing to him much greater inju r y t h an t h e loss we have suffered. The advantage s we haVe obtained With'inf e ri or forces, also place this. conflict :amongst the most distinguished of our- country.— .The recommendation that Brigadier-General Balks .teros gave of the valour of Captain Miguel RoLedes will tieselve your respea.—lie was the fist who, at ' theiticad of the 'cavalry, within pistol shot of the - enemy, darted into the midst of their troop 4, which had A powerful effect in the example - it presented, and•the result of the action sufficiently evinces the' the military talents' of this Officer. • With this dispatch, Gortuarest accompany • ilia of Captain'Rozales who, 'without speaking of the part which he himself performed in this glorious contest, speaks in the following terms-of the troll . ) he 'Commanded :—‘' The .simple narrative that I :present to your Lordship of-the action of yesterday, is the best recommendation of the officers and troop under my orders. Both of these in general, and of each one in particUlar, I may say, that they attacked the enemy with promptitude and intrepidity, and thus guarded themselves from the destrudion he had prepared for Its ; and he has been taught to re t . speEt even our small body ; by the union and excel. lent discipline which they preserved.' " The infantry, under the orders of Captain Josef de Villa-Senor, manifested the utmost coolness,"-and were not in the least` intimidated by the cavalry, Which bore down upon them. " The patroles of Spanish horse, and of their). fantry of Cindad Real, commanded by Don Juan Moran, made a diver ion, which prevented the whole body of the enemy's cavalry from attacking me, and deStroyed by- an aetive fire a great part of his troop. The dragoons of Granada, without .fir ing; sustained the criarges of the French, and des. pising their attacks, advanced sword in hand upon their opponents with the greatest enthusiaSm. The courageous carbineer, Juan Molina, -- de-, seems the particular resped of your . Lordship,. H e ,. was alone, in the midst o f a p arty of horse 'grena . diers of the enemy, killed those who were nearest to thin, and distributed his blows so turionsly, that being intimidated, they,Opened a passage-for him. I reckon among the . most fortunate circumstances of -yesterday, that we did no lose this brave fe110a, , ,, notwithstanding he received one stroke with a sword, another with a bike, seven bullets in his ho - dy, aid fifteen in his clothes, the marks of all which, with the utmost composure, he shewed to his com panions, and - lamented only, that with our, little force we-could not destroy all the Frenchmen. This example of heroism, in perfeal conformity with his general' character, gives him a claim to the thanks of his Majesty, and to your august recommeodation of him ;to the '-General in Chief, in order that he , may be rewarded in proportion to his exalted merit. " On our part, we have only, had six killed, at/long whom-is the cadet Don Luis Saavedra, eight wounded, and four prisoners, and with the latter is the cadet-Don Manuel Garcia Biedma. The lOss of our enemies is estimated at from fifteen to twenty killed; and more than thirty 'Woutxled ; by which they will learn, that they cannot intimidate us by numbers, and that their superiority in this respect will: not always enable them to obtain the victory, when opposed to brave Spaniards." . The. Supreme Junta of the Government of the Kingdom, in the name. of his Majesty D. n Ferdi nand VII. has ordered General Don Francisco \re. negas to acquaint the troops conce-ned in this ac tion, that the Sovereign IS pleased with the One and valour it has manifested; and that jesty, ever ready to r ew a r d the meritof the worthy defenders of their country, has appointed Don Mi guel Rozales to the rank of Lieutenznt-Colonel ; and the Carabineer, Dun Juan Molina, is nominated •to the rank and pay of an Ensign of . Cavalry, with the use of the Sskrrd of Honour: